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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Romford 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infections Disease notified during the Year 1909, in the Romford Rural District.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | No. op Cases Removed to Hospital from each locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages —Years. | Dagenham, Beacontree and Chadwell Heaths | Noak Hill. | Havering. | Hornchurch. | Upminster. Cranham, and Corbets Tey. | Great Warley. | Rainham and Wennington. | Dagenham, Beacontree and Chadwell Heaths | Havering. | Noak Hill. | Hornchurch. | Upminster, Cranham, and Corbets Tey. | Greet Warley. | Rainham and Wennington. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 6 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | ... | 2 | 13 | ... | ... | 3 | 13 | 2 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 2 | 27 | |
| Erysipelas | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 96 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 | ... | 1 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 1 | ... | 27 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 77 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | .. | ... | . | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | . | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | . | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| * | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 155 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 67 | .. | 3 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 3 | ... | 37 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 104 | |
Isolation Hospital—Romford Joint Hospital, Rash Green, Romford. Total available beds 40.
Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated, 3